Edwin Flack was the first Australian male to win a gold medal in Olympics.He won a gold medal in Mens 800m race in Athens on 1896 olympics.
Lila Ram was the first Indian (male or female) to win a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal; he won the 100kg wrestling event at the 1958 Cardiff Games.
Jesse Owens was the fisrt black to win a gold medal
Launceston Elliot-1896 single handed weight lift
Nigeria won her first Olympic gold medal in 1876
She recieved her first Olympice gold medal in Montreal in July 1976.
That was welterweight boxer Ted Morgan at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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the first medal she won was a gold medal.
Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf
a gold medal if you come first, a silver medal if you come second and a bronze medal if you com third.
Gillis Grafström